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“Jurassic World” has crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide today, Monday, June 22 as expected in a short span of 13 days compared to “Furious 7” that took 17 days to accomplish the feat. Directed by Colin Trevorrow, “Jurassic World” stars chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard among many dinosaurs and hundrds of extras making it a mammoth gathering for a ...

Recently studies have reiterted that fact that poor sleep disorder may double the risk of heart attacks, while increasing the risk of a stroke by four times. If they are single or less educated, the chances are even more, said researchers. Heart attack or myocardial infarction is 2 to 2.6 times higher and a stroke risk would transform from 1.5 ...

With a world record of swimming 1.4 miles in 1 degree Celsius temperature in the Antarctic Ocean in 52 minutes, Bhakti Sharma turned to be the first and youngest Asian girl to achieve the open water swimming championship. Bhakti has been pursuing open water swimming for the last ten years. Applauding the young swimmer on Thursday, President Pranab Mukherjee said, ...

Hyderabad-based L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) has claimed to have performed 20,000 corneal transplant operations across its network of hospitals countrywide, a world record. The Cornea Centre of Excellence at LVPEI is the largest in the world. “L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) has created history in the field of corneal transplantation by becoming the first institute in the ...

Australian solar researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have converted more than 40 percent of the sunlight hitting a solar cell system into electricity, the highest efficiency ever reported. The record efficiency was achieved in outdoor tests in Sydney, before being independently confirmed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) at their outdoor test facility in the ...

Australian researchers have achieved record solar efficiency, and set a world record with 40 percent of conversion efficiency, that is a breakthrouhg in solar power studies, reported media on Monday. The team from the University of New South Wales has achieved a record 40.4 percent conversion efficiency by using standard solar cells combined with a mirror and filters, with a ...